Chapter 124. Making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1920, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 124.— An Act Making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1920, and for other purposes. March 4, 1919.[[H. R. 15462](/us/bill/65/hr/15462).][[Public, No. 347](/us/65/pl/347).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Military Academy appropriations. That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1920:
Permanent establishment.Professors, etc.Pay of Military Academy: Permanent establishment: For pay of seven professors, $26,500. For pay of one chaplain, $2,400. For pay of the master of the sword, $3,000. Cadets.*Proviso*.Pay increase for 1920.[R. S., sec. 1339, p. 228](/us/rs/s1339/p228).Vol. 32, p. 409.For pay of cadets, $780,000: *Provided*, That the pay of cadets for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1920, shall be fixed at $780 per annum and one ration per day or commutation therefor at the rate of 68 cents per ration, to be paid from the appropriation for the subsistence of the Army.
Extra pay to officers.For extra pay of officers of the Army on detached service at the Military Academy: For pay of one commandant of cadets (lieutenant colonel) in addition to pay as captain or major, $1,100. For pay of one professor of ordnance and science of gunnery (lieutenant colonel) in addition to pay as major, $500. For pay of one professor of law (lieutenant colonel) in addition to pay as major, $500. For pay of one professor of practical military engineering (lieutenant colonel) in addition to pay as major, $500.
For pay of twelve assistant professors (captains) in addition to pay as first and second lieutenants, $4,800. For pay of three battalion commanders (majors) in addition to pay as captains, $1,800. For pay of one senior assistant instructor of Artillery tactics (major) in addition to pay as first lieutenant or captain, $600. For pay of one senior assistant instructor of Cavalry tactics (major) in addition to pay as first lieutenant or captain, $600. For pay of one senior assistant instructor of Coast Artillery tactics (major) in addition to pay as first lieutenant or captain, $600.
For pay of sixteen instructors of Cavalry, Artillery (Field and Coast), and Infantry tactics (captains) in addition to pay as first and second lieutenants, $6,400. For pay of one adjutant in addition to his regular pay, $600. For pay of one quartermaster and commissary of cadets and treasurer m addition to his regular pay, $600. For pay of one line officer on duty in quartermaster’s department at academy in addition to his regular pay, $400. For pay of one associate professor of mathematics (major) in addition to pay as captain, $600.
For pay of one associate professor of modern languages (major) in addition to pay as captain, $600. For pay of one constructing quartermaster in addition to his regular pay, $1,000. Longevity.For additional pay of professors and officers (and officers on increased rank) for length of service, $12,000. Enlisted men.For pay of the Military Academy Band, field musicians, general Army service, Cavalry, Artillery, and engineer detachments, and enlisted men on detached service, and extra pay for enlisted men on special duty:
Academy Band.For pay of Military Academy Band: One band sergeant and assistant leader, $972. Fifteen enlisted musicians, at $51 each per month, $9,180. Fifteen enlisted musicians, at $44 each per month, $7,920. 1337 Twenty enlisted musicians, at $38 each per month, $9,120. Additional pay for length of service, $6,437. For pay of field musicians: One sergeant, $672.Field musicians. Two corporals, at $36 each per month, $864. Seven privates, first class, at $33 each per month, and twenty-one privates, second class, at $30 each per month, $10,332.
Additional pay for length of service, $990. For pay of general Army service detachment: One first sergeant,General Army service detachment. at $51 per month, $612. Forty-seven sergeants, at $38 each per month, $21,432. Twenty corporals, at $36 each per month, $8,640. Four cooks, at $38 each per month, $1,824. Fifty-one privates, first class, at $33 each per month, $20,196. One hundred and fifty-three privates, at $30 each per month, $55,080. Additional pay for length of service, $21,777.Quartermaster duty.
Extra pay of the enlisted men in the Army service detachment, quartermaster department, on extra duty at West Point, $35,800. For pay of Cavalry detachment: One first sergeant, at $51 Cavalry detachment.per month, $612. One mess sergeant, at $44 per month, $528. One supply sergeant, at $38 per month, $456. Three stable sergeants, at $38 each per month, $1,368. Nine sergeants, at $38 each per month, $4,104. Four cooks, at $38 each per month, $1,824. Sixteen corporals, at $36 each per month, $6,912.
Two buglers, at $30 each per month, $720. Six horseshoers, at $38 each per month, $2,736. Three farriers, at $36 each per month, $1,296. Four saddlers, at $36 each per month, $1,728. Four wagoners, at $36 each per month, $1,728. Two mechanics, at $36 each per month, $864. Forty-one privates, first class, at $33 each per month, $16,236. One hundred and twenty-three privates, second class, at $30 each per month, $44,280. For additional pay for length of service, $16,500. For pay of Artillery detachment:
One first sergeant, at $51 perArtillery detachment. month, $612. One supply sergeant, at $38 per month, $456. Two stable sergeants, at $38 each per month, $912. One chief mechanic, at $36 per month, $432. Twelve sergeants, at $38 each per month, $5,472. One mess sergeant, at $44 per month, $528. Four cooks, at $38 each per month, $1,824. Eighteen corporals, at $36 each per month, $7,776. One saddler, at $38 per month, $456. Three horseshoers, at $38 each per month, $1,368. Five mechanics, at $36 each per month, $2,160.
Three buglers, at $30 each per month, $1,080. Forty first-class privates, at $33 each per month, $15,840. One hundred and twelve privates, at $30 each per month, $40,320. One electrician sergeant, first class, at $51 per month, $612. One electrician sergeant, second class, at $44 per month, $528. One master gunner, at $48 per month, $576. For additional pay for expert first-class gunners, at $5 each per month; first-class gunners, at $3 each per month; and second-class gunners, at $2 each per month, $4,080.
Additional pay for length of service, $6,000. 1338 Engineer detachment.For pay of Engineer detachment: One first sergeant, at $51 per month, $612. Three sergeants, first class, at $51 each per month, $1,836. One quartermaster sergeant, at $44 per month, $528. Eight sergeants, at $44 each per month, $4,224. Twelve corporals, at $36 each per month, $5,184. Two cooks, at $38 each per month, $912. Two musicians, at $30 each per month, $720. Thirty-eight privates, first class, at $33 each per month, and thirty-eight privates, at $30 each per month, $28,728.
For additional pay of one sergeant in charge of detachment mess, at $6 per month, $72. Additional pay for length of service, $9,532. Additional pay of marksmen, sharpshooters, and expert riflemen, $1,600. Travel, etc., on discharge.Travel allowances to enlisted men on discharge, $3,000. Clothing not drawn due enlisted men on discharge, $9,000. Interest on deposits due enlisted men, $2,000. Extra pay to enlisted men.For extra pay of enlisted men: For extra pay of one enlisted man employed as bugler at the cadet barracks, at 35 cents per day, $159.80.
For extra pay of one enlisted man employed as mail carrier at the cadet barracks and camp, at 50 cents per day, $182.50. For extra pay of five ordnance soldiers employed, one as draftsman in charge of museum, one as machinist, one as clerk, one in the department of ordnance and gunnery, and one as skilled attendant in the museum, at 50 cents each per day, $782.50. For extra pay of nine enlisted men (cavalrymen) employed, two when performing especially skilled mechanical labor, one as saddler, one in charge of property and saddle equipment pertaining to riding and equitation other than military, two sergeants in charge of stables and horses, one clerk, one in charge of new riding hall and property, and one in charge of the remount detail, at 50 cents each per day for three hundred and sixty-five days, $1,642.50.
For extra pay of twenty-three enlisted men (cavalrymen), three teamsters, eleven laborers employed in keeping clean the equipment used by cadets in riding and equitation other than military, seven specially qualified trainers engaged in training mounts used by cadets in riding and equitation other than military, and two laborers for harrowing and sprinkling and assisting in the care of the riding hall, at 35 cents each per day, $2,938.25. For extra pay of one enlisted man on duty in charge of engineer property and fatigue, at 50 cents per day, $156.50.
For extra pay of one enlisted man as clerk in the department of practical military engineering and to the officer in charge of waterworks, and works of construction at the Military Academy, at 50 cents per day, $156.50. For extra pay of ten enlisted men (artillerymen), three performing extra mechanical labor, one sergeant in charge of stables, horses, and mules, one enlisted man employed as clerk and stenographer to senior assistant instructor of artillery tactics, and five enlisted men performing the duties of mechanics in the batteries, at 50 cents each per day, $1,621.
For extra pay of four teamsters (artillerymen), at 35 cents each per day, $511. For extra pay of eight laborers (artillerymen), employed in keeping clean the equipment used by cadets, at 35 cents each per day, $876.40. For extra pay of one enlisted man as messenger in the office of the adjutant, United States Military Academy, at 50 cents per day, Sundays and holidays included, $182.50. 1339 For extra pay of one teamster (engineer soldier), employed in the department of practical military engineering, in connection with the water supply and on works of construction, at 35 cents per day, $127.75.
For pay of one regimental sergeant major, Infantry, $864:Regimental sergeant major.*Proviso*.At Corps headquarters. *Provided*, That the enlisted man in the headquarters United States Corps of Cadets, performing that duty has the rank, pay, and allowances of that grade. For extra pay of thirty-eight noncommissioned officers (engineers, artillerymen, and cavalrymen) as assistant instructors of cadets at 50 cents each per day, $6,935. For pay of one sergeant, senior grade, $900.
For pay of one battalion sergeant major, Infantry, $768:Battalion sergeant major.*Proviso*.At Academy headquarters. *Provided*, That the enlisted man at headquarters, United States Military Academy, performing that duty shall have the rank, pay, and allowance of that grade. For extra pay of one first sergeant (cavalryman), at 50 cents per day, $182.50. For extra pay of one ordnance soldier, in charge of machine guns, at 50 cents per day, $156.50. For pay of four sergeants (Coast Artillery) to be used as assistant noncommissioned instructors of cadets and for the purpose of military administration, to be attached to the United States Military Academy detachment of Field Artillery, $1,824.
For additional pay of rated men (two plotters and two observers, first class), $400. Pay of civilians: For pay of one teacher of music, $1,800.Pay of civilians.Music teacher, clerk, etc. For pay of seven clerks in the office of the quartermaster, as follows: One chief clerk, $1,800. One clerk, $1,500. Two clerks, at $1,400 each, $2,800. Two clerks, at $1,200 each, $2,400. One clerk and stenographer, $1,200. For pay of nine clerks and stenographers employed at headquarters, United States Military Academy, in the offices of the superintendent and adjutant, as follows:
One chief clerk, $1,800. One clerk, $1,500. Four clerks, at $1,400 each, $5,600. Two clerks, at $1,000 each, $2,000. Ono clerk, $1,000. For pay of one clerk of the treasurer, $1,800. For pay of one clerk and stenographer in the office of the commandant of cadets, $1,200. For pay of two civilian instructors of French, to be employedCivilian instructors. under the rules prescribed by the Secretary of War, at $2,000 each, $4,000. For pay of two civilian instructors of Spanish, to be employed under the rules prescribed by the Secretary of War, at $2,000 each, $4,000.
For pay of two expert civilian instructors in fencing, broadsword exercises, and other military gymnastics as may be required to perfect this part of the training of cadets, $3,000. For pay of one professional civilian instructor in military gymnastics, fencing, boxing, wrestling, and swimming, $1,500. For pay of two expert assistant civilian instructors in military gymnastics, fencing, boxing, wrestling, and swimming, $4,000:*Proviso*.Quarters etc., allowed. *Provided*, That these civilian instructors employed in the department of modern languages and the department of tactics shall be entitled to1340public quarters and to the same allowances with respect to fuel and light as those of a first lieutenant when occupying public quarters.
For pay of one librarian, $3,000. For pay of one assistant librarian, $1,500. For pay of one custodian of gymnasium, $1,200. For pay of one superintendent of gas works, $1,500. For pay of one chief engineer of power plant, whose duties will include those of engineer of heating and ventilating apparatus, $2,700. For pay of one assistant chief engineer of same, $1,100. For pay of three assistant engineers of same, $3,600. For pay of eight firemen, $6,240. For pay of two oilers for power plant, $1,440.
For pay of one draftsman in the department of civil and military engineering, $1,200. For pay of mechanic and attendant skilled in the technical preparation necessary to chemical and electrical lectures and to the instruction in mineralogy and geology, $1,200. For pay of mechanic assistant in department of natural and experimental philosophy (to be appointed by the Superintendent of the United States Military Academy), $840. For pay of one custodian of academy buildings, $1,000.
For pay of one electrician, $1,600. For pay of one chief plumber, $1,600. For pay of one assistant plumber, $900. For pay of one plumber’s helper, $600. For pay of one scavenger, at $60 a month, $720. For pay of chapel organist and choirmaster, $1,500. For pay of superintendent of post cemetery, $1,200. For pay of engineer and janitor of Memorial Hall, $900. For pay of printer at headquarters, United States Military Academy, $1,600. For pay of assistant printer at headquarters, United States Military Academy, $1,100.
For pay of one janitress, Memorial Hall, $600. For pay of one master mechanic, $1,800. For pay of clerk and photographer in the department of drawing, $1,300. For pay of one stenographer, typewriter, and attendant in charge of the library in the department of law, to be appointed by the Superintendent of the United States Military Academy, $900. For pay of one overseer of the waterworks, $720. For pay of one engineer of steam, electric, and refrigerating apparatus for the cadets’ mess, $1,200.
For pay of one copyist, stenographer, clerk, librarian, typewriter, and attendant in the department of modern languages, to be appointed by the Superin tendent United States Military Academy, $1,040. For pay of one mechanic and attendant skilled in the operation necessary for the preparation of lectures and of material in the department of drawing to be appointed by the superintendent, $720. For pay of janitor for bachelor officers’ quarters, $600. For pay of one stenographer, typewriter, and attendant in the department of English and history, to be appointed by the superintendent, $840.
For pay of bookbinder at headquarters, United States Military Academy, $1,200. For pay of two book sewers in bindery, $1,080. For pay of one skilled pressman in the printing office, headquarters, United States Military Academy, $1,100. For pay of one charwoman, headquarters, United States Military Academy, $480. 1341 For pay of one messenger for the Superintendent of the United States Military Academy, $720. For pay of one skilled copyist, confidential stenographer, librarian, typewriter and attendant in the department of mathematics, to be appointed by the Superintendent of the United States Military Academy, $1,000.
For pay of one stenographer, typewriter, and clerk in the medicalStenographer, etc., medical department.Vol. 37, p. 860. department and department of military hygiene, to be appointed by the Superintendent of the United States Military Academy under the Act of Congress approved March 4, 1913, $840. For pay of one confidential stenographer, copyist, librarian, typewriter, and multigraph operator in the department of natural and experimental philosophy, to be appointed by the Superintendent of the United States Military Academy, $1,000.
All the money hereinbefore appropriated for pay of the MilitaryAccounting. Academy shall be disbursed and accounted for by officers of the Quartermaster Corps as pay of the Military Academy and for that purpose shall constitute one fund. For the expenses of the members of the Board of Visitors, or soBoard of Visitors. much thereof as may be necessary, $750. Contingencies for superintendent of the academy, $3,000.Contingencies, superintendent.Repairs and improvements. Repairs and improvements, namely:
Timber, plank, boards, joists, wall strips, laths, shingles, slate, tin, sheet lead, zinc, screws, nails, locks, hinges, glass, paints, turpentine, oils, varnish, brushes, stone, brick, flag, lime, cement, plaster hair, sewer and drain pipe, blasting powder, fuse, iron, steel, tools, machinery, mantels, and other similar materials, renewing roofs, and for pay of architect overseer and citizen mechanics, and labor employed upon repairs and improvements that can not be done by enlisted men, $50,000.
For fuel and apparatus, namely: Coal, wood, charcoal, stoves,Fuel, light, etc. grates, heaters, furnaces, ranges and fixtures, fire bricks, clay, sand, and for repairs of steam-heating and coal-conveying apparatus, grates, stoves, heaters, ranges, furnaces, and mica, and repair, improvement, and maintenance of power plant, $70,000: *Provided*,*Proviso*.Amount at once. That $5,000 of this appropriation be, and the same is hereby, made immediately available. For gas pipes, gas and electric fixtures, electric lamps, telephone and lighting supplies, lamp-posts, gasometers and retorts, and annual repairs of the same, $8,000.
For fuel for cadets’ mess hall, shops, and laundry, $15,000. For postage and telegrams, $1,000.Postage, etc. For stationery, namely: Blank books, paper, envelopes, steelStationery. pens, rubbers, erasers, pencils, mucilage, wax, wafers, folders, fasteners, rules, files, ink, inkstands, typewriters, typewriting supplies, office furniture, penholders, tape, desk knives, blotting pads, and rubber bands, and for contingencies not otherwise provided for, $3,000. For transportation of materials, discharged cadets, includingTransportation.
Pullman accommodations, and $3 per day or fraction thereof for subsistence and other expenses for the necessary number of days’ travel over the shortest usually traveled route, and for ferriages; for hire of camp sites for cadets on practice marches, for transportation of first class of cadets to and from Gettysburg battle field, for transportation of first and second classes to and from Watervliet Arsenal and Sandy Hook Proving Ground and other ordnance establishments including a visit to a steel mill, for expenses of officers detailed to accompany cadets on these trips, and for expenses of officers of tactical department in looking up camp sites, and so forth, $7,000.
Printing: For printing and binding, type, materials for office,Printing. including repairs to motors and machinery, diplomas for graduates,1342annual registers, blanks, and monthly reports to parents of cadets, and contingencies, $2,500. For one wire-stitching machine, complete, with motor attached, with permission to exchange stitching machine in use since 1896, $400. Department of Cavalry, Artillery, and Infantry tactics.For department of Cavalry, Artillery, and Infantry tactics:
Tan bark or other proper cover for riding hall, to be purchased in open market upon written order of the superintendent, $1,500. For camp stools, camp and office furniture, and repairs to same; for doormats for cadet headquarters, sinks, and guardhouse; for stationery, typewriting supplies and repairs for use of instructor and assistant instructors of tactics; for one computing machine and one adding machine; for books and maps, binding books, and mounting maps; for plumes, silk and worsted sashes for cadet officers and acting officers; for furniture, curtains, and rugs for cadet reception room, and contingencies, $4,000.
For upkeep of athletic grounds, $500. Gymnasium and athletic supplies; For repairs, new machines, athletic supplies, and fixtures for gymnasium; for foils, masks, belts, fencing gloves, fencing jackets, gaiters, sabers, and repairs; for repairs and improvements to dressing rooms, platform, and swimming tank, $5,000. For maintenance of one automobile, $300. For repairs to saddles, bridles, purchase of leather, curb chains, bits, stirrups, and so forth, and to keep the same in repair, $275.
For purchase of carbons and for repairs and maintenance of searchlight for Coast Artillery night practice and for miscellaneous expenses connected with Coast Artillery fire-control stations, $125. For repair of mattresses, machines, for replacing worn-out articles, and for miscellaneous purposes, in gymnasium, Cavalry barracks, $100. For riding hall: Providing material and lumber for hurdles and upkeep of wings, headposts, and so forth, and for repairing and maintaining electric lights, a power clipping machine for animal stables at the riding hall, and for repairs to disk harrow in keeping footing in condition, and for repairing the canvas screen used to divide the hall into sections, $600.
Cadet camp.For general repairs to cadet camp, repairs to camp grounds, toilets, and supplying of tent floors, and camp furniture to equip the new addition—authorized for the fiscal year 1919—to the old *Provisos*.Amount at once.cadet encampment, $10,000: *Provided*, That $5,000 of this appropriation be, and the same is hereby, made immediately available. For repair of obstacles on mounted drill ground and for constructing other obstacles for use in mounted instructions of cadets, and for maintenance of the track connecting same, $100.
For the purchase of thread, wax, needles, for new blades, sharpening old blades, and spare parts and accessories for power clipping machines and saddlers’ sewing machines in the Cavalry stables, $100. For the purchase of thread, wax, needles, for new blades, sharpening old blades, and for spare parts and accessories for power clipping machines and saddlers’ sewing machines in the Artillery stables, $100. For material for preserving floors, rebronzing radiators, and miscellaneous expenses for cleaning Artillery barracks and stables, $100.
For purchase of tools, machines, and repairs to same, for Artillery gun shed, $2,500. For repairs to mattresses, machines, and for replacing worn-out articles in the drill hall and gymnasium of Artillery barracks, and for miscellaneous expenses connected therewith, $100. 1343 For the purchase of new and the upkeep of the worn-out rubber matting in halls and squad rooms of Artillery barracks, $100. For purchase of stationery and office supplies for office of senior assistant instructor of Field Artillery tactics, $75.
For material for preserving floors, rebronzing radiators, and for miscellaneous expenses for cleaning Cavalry barracks and stables, $100. For repair of mattresses, machines, and replacing worn-out articles in the drill hall and gymnasium pertaining to Engineer barracks, and for miscellaneous expenses connected therewith, $100. For department of civil and military engineering: For models,Department of civil and military engineering. maps, purchase, and repair of instruments, apparatus, drawing boards, desks, chairs, shelves, and cases for books and instruments, textbooks, books of reference, and stationery for the use of instructors, and contingencies, $1,200.
For department of natural and experimental philosophy: Department of natural and experimental philosophy.Additions to apparatus to illustrate the principles of mechanics, acoustics, optics, and astronomy; books of reference, scientific periodicals, textbooks, stationery, materials, and repairs; and for repairs to the observatory buildings and repairs to clocks, and for contingent expenses not otherwise provided for, $2,350. For department of instruction in mathematics: Textbooks, booksDepartment of mathematics. of reference, binding, and stationery; for table of logarithms; for rulers and triangles; tor purchase of geometrical drawings and models; for cases for geometrical models; for desks, chairs, bookcases, and office fittings, and for contingencies, $1,000.
For department of chemistry, mineralogy, and geology: Chemicals,Department of chemistry, mineralogy, and geology. chemical apparatus, glass and procelain ware, paper, wire, sheet metal, ores, photographic apparatus and materials; rough specimens, fossils, and for apparatus and materials to be used in the practical determination of mineralogical and geological specimens; pencils and paper for practical instruction in the same branches, and for gradual increase and improvement of the cabinet; for repairs and additions to electric, magnetic, pneumatic, thermic, and optical apparatus; for purchase of laboratory and power-room machinery and apparatus and installation of same; for models, maps, diagrams, books of reference, textbooks, and stationery for use of instructors; and for contingent expenses not otherwise provided for, $2,500.
For department of drawing: Drawing material, instruments, andDepartment of drawing. stationery for use of instructors; repairs to models and purchase of new models; desks, stretchers, drawing boards, racks, and stands; framing drawings; books and periodicals on art, architecture, topography, and technology; binding maps, books, and so forth; repairs to stereopticon and purchase of lantern slides; photographic apparatus and material; purchase of new instruments and repair of old ones for use of cadets; and for contingent expenses, $1,800.
For department of modern languages: For stationery, textbooks,Department of modern languages. books of reference, periodicals, for repairs to books and apparatus, and for office furniture and equipment; for printing examination papers, and other necessary papers, and for contingencies, $1,900. For department of law: For stationery, textbooks, and books ofDepartment of law. reference for the use of instructors, furniture and repairs to the same, for rebinding books and periodicals, and for contingencies, $850.
For department of practical military engineering: For models,Department of practical military engineering. books of reference, scientific periodicals and stationery; for purchase and repair of instruments, materials and apparatus for use in instructing cadets in surveying, reconnoissance, signaling, and field telegraphy, military field engineering, and field fortification; for photographic and lithographic apparatus and materials for field photography and map reproduction; tools and materials for maintenance of the batteries of the academy; transportation of field parties;1344for extra-duty pay of engineer soldiers, at 50 cents per day each, when employed as assistants in photographic laboratory or as special skilled mechanics in the department, and for contingent expenses not otherwise provided for, $6,000.
Department of English and history.For department of ordnance and gunnery: For purchase, manufacture, and repair of instruments, models, machinery, and apparatus; for purchase of samples of arms and accouterments other than those supplied to the military service; for books of reference, textbooks, stationery, office furniture and supplies; for services of skilled mechanic (civilian) employed in the department of ordnance and science of gunnery, and for contingencies, $2,150. For purchase of machines, tools, and material for practical instruction of cadets in wood and metal working, $500.
Department of military hygiene.For department of military hygiene: For stationery, textbooks, and books of reference for use of instructors; for preparation of plates, purchase of paper, and other expenses incidental to the printing of syllabuses of lectures on parts of the subject not covered by the regular textbooks; for the purchase of charts, photographs, and pictures for use in demonstration; for the purchase of instruments and models; for shelves and cases for books, instruments, and models and records; and for contingent expenses not otherwise provided for, $500.
Department of ordnance and gunnery.For department of English and history: For purchase of stationery, textbooks, books of reference, office furniture, maps, map fixtures, and for repairs to same; for rebinding books and periodicals; and for contingent expenses not otherwise provided for, $1,200. Lectures.For a course of lectures for the more complete instruction of cadets, $1,200. Miscellaneous.For the purchase and maintenance of one automobile, $710. Treasurer’s office.For commercial periodicals, stationery, office furniture and supplies, adding machine, and for binding orders, circulars, and so forth, for the office of the treasurer, United States Military Academy, $710.
Lighting, plumbing, etc.For gas, coal, oil, candles, lanterns, matches, chimneys, wicking, and electric lamps and supplies, and for operating the gas plant, $15,000. For water pipe, plumbing, and repairs, $8,000. *Proviso*.Amount at once.*Provided*, That $1,000 of this appropriation be, and the same is hereby, made immediately available. Policing, etc.For material and labor for cleaning and policing public buildings, $5,000. Furniture, etc.For supplies for recitation rooms not otherwise provided for and for renewing and repairing furniture in same, $1,000.
Furniture for academy buildings, $3,500. Library.Increase and expense of library, namely: For purchase, preservation, care, storage, binding and repair of books, periodicals, pamphlets, maps, pictures, and manuscripts; purchase of furniture, cases, stationery, and fittings; for expenses of making copies of military manuscripts in other libraries, and for contingent expenses not otherwise provided for; purchases to be made in open market on the written order of the superintendent, $7,200.
Academic board.For contingent funds, to be expended under the direction of the academic board: For instruments, books, repairs to apparatus, and other incidental expenses not otherwise provided for, $500. *Proviso*.Purchases.*Provided*, That all technical and scientific supplies for the departments of instruction of the Military Academy shall be purchased by contract or otherwise, as the Secretary of War may deem best. Musical supplies.Purchase of instruments for band and repairs to same; for purchase of reeds, pads, strings, and other materials necessary for brass, wood, wind, and string instruments; for purchase of music stands and other equipments; for purchase of music for military band and orchestra1345and for extra parts; and for contingent expenses not otherwise provided for; all to be purchased in open market on order of the superintendent, $1,500.
Repairs and improvements to the laundry machinery and apparatusLaundry. in the cadet laundry, and the purchase of new material, tools, and so forth, to be expended without advertising, and to be immediately available, $35,000. Repair and purchase of cooking utensils, chairs, tables, and otherCadet mess. furniture in the cadet mess, and the replacement of same, to be expended without advertising, to be immediately available, $8,000. For the policing of barracks and bathhouses, $20,000.Policing.
For supplying light and plain furniture to cadets’ barracks, $20,000.Cadet barracks. For the purchase and repair of cocoa matting for the isleways in the stables of the riding hall, $200. For the maintenance of one automobile truck of the Ford type, $250. For maintaining the children’s school, the superintendent of theChildren’s school. Military Academy being authorized to employ the necessary teachers, $5,080. For purchase and repair of fire-extinguishing apparatus, $1,000.Fire protection.
For cases, materials, fittings, fixtures, and other appliances andOrdnance museum, etc. repairs for ordnance museum in headquarters building, $1,500. For repairs to ordnance laboratory and other buildings pertaining to the department of ordnance and gunnery, and materials for roads and walks, and for repairs to machinery and tools, $150. For general repairs to the cadet laundry building and for emergency incidental expenses about building, to be expended without advertising, $400.
For general incidental repairs and improvements to the cadet store building, including storerooms, office, tailor shops, and shoe-repairing shops, $1,000. For materials and labor for repairs, alterations, and additionsSoldiers’ hospital. needed at the soldiers’ hospital, as follows: Purchase of suitable incandescent lights, drop-lights, tubing, tubing mantles, and so forth: for paraffin and turpentine for waxing floors; for brushes, paints, glass, putty, and for general repairs; for materials for rebronzing radiators; and for purchase of flowers, fruit trees, shrubs, plants, and so forth, for hospital grounds, $165.
For painting all woodwork of exterior of building two coats, $700. For the construction of a root cellar, eight feet by twenty feet by four feet deep, of brick with rock base, with suitable ventilator at top, $500. For the repair and upkeep of quarters of the sergeant, first class, Hospital Corps, at soldiers’ hospital: For miscellaneous minor repairs and general upkeep of quarters, $50. For waterworks: For the maintenance and operation of the filterWaterworks. beds, reservoirs, and pipe lines, including the tools, implements, and material required therefor; and for policing the grounds and repairing the roads in the vicinity of the reservoirs, filters, and intake dam, and for the protection and enforcement of rules to protect the water supply, $3,000.
For extension of bayonet fencing ground and repairs to same. $2,000. For repairs to quarters of steward of cadet mess, to be expended without advertising, $150. For the repair and restoration of retaining walls along the line ofRetaining walls, roads, etc. the Poplopen pipe line, $3,000. For carrying on the development of the general plan for improvements to roads and grounds on the military reservation of West Point, designed under contract by authority of the Secretary of War, $3,000. 1346 Painting.For painting of east academic building, $12,000.
Cadet hospital.For repairs and necessary alterations and additions to the cadet hospital, as follows: For materials for rebronzing radiators and piping; material for waxing and polishing floors; suitable incandescent lights, drop lights, mantles, tubes; for carpets, furniture and appliances; for repairs of damaged articles; and for miscellaneous expenses, $120. For purchase of flowers and shrubs for hospital grounds, $100. For enlarging elevator shaft and installing elevator from basement to second floor, $10,000.
Building and nurses’ quarters.For cadet hospital and nurses’ quarters, $390,000. For the construction of two mortuary rooms; one in each hospital, $4,000. Cadet mess.For necessary repairs, replacement and extension of steam heating system, and steam lines and cooking apparatus, cadet mess, $1,300. *Proviso*.Available at once.For repairs to cadet mess building, $4,265: *Provided*, That this appropriation be, and the same is hereby, made immediately available. For repairs and improvements to the West Point Army mess building, including supplying and renewing furniture and fittings, $2,500.
Shed for material.For the construction of an addition to fireproof sheet metal shed for housing material of the United States military equipage employed in the instruction of cadets and for flooring the sheds, $3,000. For the repair and maintenance of the cadet boathouse and the purchase and maintenance of boats and canoes for the instruction of cadets in rowing; for extra pay of one engineer soldier in charge of boathouse, at 35 cents per day, $750. For repair and upkeep of quarters of the sergeant first class, Hospital Corps, at the cadet hospital, $50.
For reshingling entire roof of quarters, $330. Cadet barracks.For repairs to cadet barracks: For repairing and renewing plastering, painting, and calcimining, repairs to woodwork, reflooring, rearranging rooms, increasing sinks, oaths, and other incidental repairs *Proviso*.Available at once.to the building, $15,000: *Provided*, That this appropriation be, and the same is hereby made immediately available. For maintaining and improving the grounds of the post cemetery, Cemetery grounds, etc.$2,000.
For continuing the construction of breast-high wall in dangerous places, $1,000. Roads, etc.For broken stone and gravel for roads, and for repairing sidewalks, roads, paths, and bridges on the reservation, $10,000. Machinery repairs.For repairs of boilers, engines, dynamos, motors, refrigerating and other machinery in the cadet mess, and the replacement of same, to *Proviso*.Available at once.be expended without advertising, $6,500: *Provided*, That this appropriation be, and the same is hereby, made immediately available.
For the repair, improvement, and maintenance of the cadet polo field, and for the purchase of blackboards, gongs, and other necessary material for the same, $600. For waterproofing the post headquarters, bachelor, and gymnasium buildings, $2,000. For care and maintenance of organ in cadet chapel, $250. For general repairs to the buildings of the Coast Artillery fire-control system, including necessary exterior painting, repairs to steps, roofs, and so forth, $100. For material and labor for repair of field artillery target range, clearing grounds for targets and firing positions for batteries, constructing roads and trails to firing positions and target range; and for miscellaneous expenses connected with the indoor instruction of cadets in field artillery during the winter season, $500.
Riding hall.For repairs to skylights in riding hall and stopping leaks around same, $200. 1347 For repairing riding hall and stable inside and out, and rebronzing pipes and radiators, stairways, halls, and squad rooms, $4,500. Installing heating system in tower rooms in riding hall separate from system of heating arena, $250. New roof for dome of main observatory, walls and chimney pointed;Observatory. concrete and brick gutters renewed, sash and window frames renewed, leaders renewed, plastering and painting, $3,000.
For alterations to increase seating in cadet mess dining hall, $6,185.Dining hall. For extending power line to and wiring of playground pavilion, $1,500. Repairs to frame building east of band barracks and south of field music barracks, now used as practice room by United States Military Academy band, $625. The Secretary of War is authorized to direct the OrdnanceTransfers of artillery tractor, and road roller directed. Department to transfer, without charge, to the Quartermaster of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, one Holt, ten-ton artillery tractor, caterpillar type, such tractor to be used by the Quartermaster Corps for all kinds of tractor uses; that the Secretary of War is hereby directed to transfer, without charge, one ten-ton three-wheel road roller to the quartermaster of the United States Military Academy: *Provided further*, That the Secretary of War shallProvisos.Supervision. cause the work herein provided for to be done and performed under the direction and supervision of the superintendent of the United States Military Academy: *Provided further*, That the Secretary ofCol.
E. J. Timber lake.Detail continued. War is authorized to detail Colonel E. J. Timberlake as quartermaster, disbursing and constructing officer at the United States Military Academy for such period of time as he deems fit notwithstanding the provisions of existing law relating to the detail of officers: *Provided*, That the following amounts: $7,777 for gradingDesignated appropriation for fiscal year 1919, continued. and granolithic paving in area of south cadet barracks; $25,000 for construction of an east wing to the present Artillery gun shed, similar*Ante*, pp, 630-632. to the west wing; $40,000 for construction of an addition to the south wing of the present Artillery stable to accommodate seventy-two additional animals; $40,000 for construction of wings to the present Artillery barracks to accommodate sixty-three additional men; $40,000 for construction of wings to the present Cavalry barracks to accommodate seventy men; $500,000 for enlarging the Military Academy to accommodate the authorized number of cadets:
Construction of cadet barracks and headquarters, to be located at the south of the area of the old or south barracks; $60,000 for eight sets married officers’ quarters; $60,000 for twenty sets bachelor quarters; $40,000 for automatic stokers; in all, $812,777; appropriated in “An Act for the support of the Military Academy, approved June 27, 1918,” for fiscal year 1919, shall remain available until expended: *Provided*, That for the purpose of accounting only, all funds*Provisos*.Accounting. hereinbefore appropriated under the titles “ Current and ordinary expenses,” “Miscellaneous items and incidental expenses,” and “Buildings and grounds” shall be disbursed and accounted for by the disbursing officer, United States Military Academy, as “ Maintenance, United States Military Academy,” and for the purpose shall constitute one fund: *And provided*, That hereafter, when any machinery, apparatusSales of unserviceable machinery, etc., authorized. implements, supplies, or materials which have been heretofore or may hereafter be purchased or acquired from appropriations made for the support of the United States Military Academy are no longer needed or are no longer serviceable, they may be sold in such manner as the superintendent may direct; and that the proceeds shall be turned into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.
That the President of the United States is hereby authorized, byGeorge R. Rogers.Appointment of second lieutenant Cavalry, authorized. and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint George R. Rogers, late cadet lieutenant and quartermaster at the Military Academy at West Point, to the position of second lieutenant of1348Cavalry in the Army, and to place him upon the retired list with the pay of a retired second lieutenant of Cavalry. Col. S. E. Tillman, retired.Promotion to brigadier general, retired, authorized.That the President is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to promote Colonel S.
E. Tillman, retired, Superintendent of the Military Academy, to the rank of brigadier general on the retired list of the Army. Hotel. Erection, etc., on Reservation, authorized.The Secretary of War is hereby authorized to allow any corporation, company, or individual to erect on the United States Military Academy reservation at West Point, New York a hotel, in accordance with plans and specifications to be approved by the Superintendent of the United States Military Academy and to enjoy the revenue therefrom for a period of fifty years; after which time said hotel shall *Proviso*.Title, etc.become the property of the United States: *Provided*, That the title and ownership of said hotel may be accepted by the Secretary of War on the behalf of the United States at any time.
That said hotel Regulations, etc.shall be conducted under such regulations including the rates and the charges for accommodations thereat as may be promulgated by the Superintendent of the United States Military Academy under the direction of the Secretary of War. Col. L. Mervin Maus.Appointment as brigadier general, retired, authorized.That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, Colonel L. Mervin Maus to the grade of brigadier general in the United States Army, and place him on the retired list.
Approved, March 4, 1919.